Chapter 79 Qingming Festival

If you are healthy, everything you do will go smoothly, you will have a sense of accomplishment, and you will naturally be in a good mood.

Xia Wu is in this state. Free from the constraints of negative states, even the smallest things can bring her great achievements.

Arriving at Haotang Village, Xia Wu drove straight to the village committee.

Every village committee has a large courtyard where villagers dry rice during the busy farming season. Zhao Yanghe was sorting documents in the office when he heard the sound of a car outside and saw Xia Wu jump off a bucket truck.

He took out a straw hat and put it on his head to block out the sun.

Zhao Yanghe smiled as soon as he saw her, stood up and walked out of the office to greet her.

"Xiao Wu, I was just thinking of sending you a message when you came. What a coincidence!"

"Secretary Zhao, have you made arrangements with the village?"

"That's what I said, but it's definitely not going to make everyone in the village earn money. I'm having a headache..."

This time, Xia Wu plans to cooperate with the two villages. Tourists can go to Yanggou Village to climb mountains and experience picking, or go to Haotang Village to camp and take photos, etc.

However, compared with Yanggou Village, Haotang Village has too few payment points. They are worried that the villagers will not be accustomed to outsiders, which will give tourists a bad experience. They are also worried that the villagers will not make money, so they simply don't do it next time.

Secretary Hao had fought so hard to get this good opportunity, and Zhao Yanghe didn't want to mess it up at all. He had been writing the plan since Xia Wu mentioned it to him two days ago.

"Take a look at what I've written and see if it's okay. Is there anything else you need to add?"

Zhao Yanghe has told the villagers of Haotang Village through the village radio that there will be tourists coming to visit in a few days. He wants to organize some special experience projects in the village to make money, and he needs everyone to sign up enthusiastically.

Xia Wu took a quick look at the plan he had written. There were paid activities imitating the ox-cart pulling in Yanggou Village, as well as activities such as visiting the old houses in Dongcun and taking photos. The village could even provide meals...

Xia Wu frowned and put his little finger into his straw hat to scratch it, "Secretary Zhao."

"How is it? Is there something not good enough?"

Yang Hongwen carried Ji Yunzhou to the wheelchair, and the two came behind Xia Wu.

Xia Wu handed the plan written by Zhao Yanghe to Ji Yunzhou.

He said to Zhao Yanghe directly, "Secretary Zhao, you don't understand the city people's thinking. This alone is definitely not enough. It doesn't highlight the characteristics of your village."

Zhao Yanghe looked nervous. "Xiao Wu, you're right. I don't understand this. How about we go inside and sit down so you can explain it to me?"

"Let's not go in and sit down. Let's go for a walk in the village and I'll tell you as we walk."

Zhao Yanghe obeyed her every word. The village committee was in Dongcun, not far from the old house.

Considering the need to entertain tourists to visit the old houses, Zhao Yanghe asked people to reclaim and clean these abandoned old houses two or three times. When walking in again, it was like traveling through time and space. The old houses were desolate and quiet, with a unique flavor.

The threshold of the old house was too high, and Ji Yunzhou couldn't get in, so the few of them just chatted at the door.

Xia Wu: "There's no charge for strolling around the old house. This isn't some kind of historic site, and it's too run-down, with many things emptied out. A low charge is unnecessary, and a high one would seem like extortion."

Zhao Yanghe nodded, "Okay, I'll take note."

"Secretary Zhao, let's take a walk."

A few people left the old house and found Chaotian River not far ahead. The willow trees on both sides of the river looked even greener and more lovely after being washed by the drizzle. From a distance, they looked like a painting.

Xia Wu smiled and said, "Secretary Zhao, do you think the scenery here is beautiful?"

"Hmm..." Zhao Yanghe looked at the scenery again and again, then turned back to look at Xia Wu. Xia Wu said, "Just tell me what you really think."

He immediately shook his head: "What's so good about this? I watch it every day."

Xia Wu showed him the photos on her phone and asked, "Has Secretary Zhao ever been to a big city?"

The photos on her phone were all of the hustle and bustle of big cities, with concrete and steel, and skyscrapers jostling each other, making people feel suffocated.

Zhao Yanghe is in his forties. In the 1990s, he studied at a junior college in the city. Later, he was admitted to a grassroots position in the countryside. After several twists and turns, he was transferred back to Haotang Village. Over the years, except for going to the city for meetings, the important nodes of his life were all in the countryside.

He has dedicated most of his life to the countryside, starting a family, getting married and having children. He is anxious about the plight of this land. He knows that big cities are prosperous, but he doesn't know that behind the prosperity of big cities is such suffocation.

Xia Wu moved the phone away and asked him to look at the scenery in front of him again. "Secretary Zhao, what do you think of the Chaotian River scenery now?"

Zhao Yanghe understood what Xia Wu meant, but he felt a little embarrassed: "Xiao Wu, water is naturally cultivated. We can't charge people for just looking at it, right?"

The country people are simple and honest. Zhao Yanghe has racked his brains to think of how to make money from the city people, but he is still too conscientious.

Pushing Ji Yunzhou to the Chaotian River, Xia Wu looked at the width of the river, which was about two or three meters.

"Secretary Zhao, water is free, but camping fees can be charged. Tourists inevitably create trash, so it's normal for villagers to charge a fee to help clean up the mess, right?"

"I see there's a lot of water in our village, and some families have small boats. Wouldn't it be inappropriate to not charge a fee for a round trip on the Chaotian River, a long distance?"

"Tourists will surely come to take pictures. Just taking pictures of the mountains and rivers is boring. Secretary Zhao, look at this bridge. We can have an old man lead a buffalo across it for people to take pictures. Ten yuan per person wouldn't be too much, right?"

Xia Wu mentioned seven or eight charging points along the river, selling water, selling fruit, all common practices, but the key point is that even taking a photo with a cow costs ten yuan. This operation is really shameless...

Zhao Yanghe couldn't understand why. Could it be that all the people in the city were suckers? Were they willing to pay this much money?

Xia Wu turned around, raised her chin, and asked Ji Yunzhou: "What do you think?"

Ji Yunzhou nodded and applauded, "Good."

Zhao Yanghe: “…”

He really hasn't kept up with the times.

But now that things have come to this, he decided to do as Xia Wu said.

After giving Secretary Zhao some advice, Xia Wu pushed Ji Yunzhou for a walk around Haotang. There were several large lakes in Haotang West Village, which were full of lotus and reeds. If the lotus flowers bloomed in June, the whole village would probably be filled with the fragrance of lotus.

Even now, the tender and green lotus leaves are swaying in the wind in the pond, and the wind carries a faint fragrance of lotus leaves.

The beauty of Haotang Village is so unique, like passing through a wasteland and suddenly seeing a paradise, which makes people linger.

"When autumn comes, I'll ask Secretary Zhao for some lotus seeds so I can plant lotus flowers in the pond at the foot of the mountain."

Xia Wu has a special liking for lotus flowers. Just thinking about sitting by the pond in the summer and smelling the fragrance of lotus flowers makes her feel beautiful.

Zhao Yanghe smiled and agreed immediately, "When the time comes, I will definitely pick the best lotus root seeds for you. I guarantee you will be satisfied!"

"Sister Xu, are you up?"

"Sister Xu, I'm downstairs at your house."

It was almost dawn and Xu Zhiyi had slept for less than three hours when he was woken up by the continuous sound of WeChat message alerts.

She has two mobile phones, one for work and one for personal. There are constant messages on her work number, but Xu Zhiyi has taken annual leave and has simply turned off the message alert tone. Not many people are looking for her on her personal number, and there is only one person who sends her messages so frequently.

That's Li Yun.

Not long ago, Li Yun brought her lunch, and their private relationship has grown rapidly. When Li Yun asked her to go out and play during the Qingming Festival, Xu Zhiyi failed to refuse at the first time, which led to their trip early this morning.

They have to take a plane to Tong City and then transfer to Donghua Town. The flight is booked at three in the morning, so they should arrive in Tong City around nine o'clock tomorrow morning.

The plane ticket was also bought by Li Yun. This guy said that air tickets were cheaper at night, so he decided to take this trip to the underworld.

Xu Zhiyi took off the mask, washed her face with clean water, wiped it clean with a tissue, and then changed her clothes as quickly as possible.

make up?

You're not even a dog after leaving the company!

In fact, she woke up too late and was afraid of missing the flight. Li Yun was already waiting downstairs in the community, and she felt embarrassed to waste more time.

Fortunately, the things had been packed in advance. Xu Zhiyi put on a sports-style casual outfit without makeup, took off her hairband, looked at herself in the mirror, and made sure that there was nothing wrong before sending a message to Li Yun.

"One minute, I'm down."

Forty minutes later, they arrived at the airport by taxi.

More than an hour later, the plane from Hai City to Tong City took off.

Xu Zhiyi yawned continuously. As soon as he got on the plane, he asked for a blanket and put on an eye mask. "I'm going to rest for a while. You should sleep for a while too."

Li Yun was obviously very excited, wiggling her butt in the seat, "Okay, Sister Xu, you go to sleep."

She agreed very well, but Xu Zhiyi clearly felt that she was not asleep. Instead, she was playing with her mobile phone and taking pictures, but he didn't know what she was taking pictures of.

Not long after, Xu Zhiyi's consciousness fell into obscurity. When she regained consciousness, Li Yun was pushing her arm.

"Sister Xu, we're almost there, please look outside."

Many people were sleeping. Li Yun didn't want to disturb others, so he leaned close to Xu Zhiyi's ear and spoke in a low voice. His breath hit Xu Zhiyi's ear, making it itchy.

Xu Zhiyi reached out and pulled off the eye mask. With a sleepy face, he looked at Li Yun and asked, "Didn't you sleep all night?"

Li Yun was very excited: "Sister Xu, to be honest, this is my first time on a plane."

So everything I see seems strange. It seems that such a big piece of iron can fly in the sky and it is quite stable.

You can't see the stars at night, but you can see the lights of the cities on the ground. Where there are no cities, there is silent darkness.

Until the first ray of morning sunlight broke through the clouds, the sky seemed to be lifted up, revealing colorful clouds.

It was so beautiful that Li Yun just wanted to find someone to share it with.

Xu Zhiyi stared at Li Yun for a while before looking out the window.

If she had known that it was Li Yun’s first time on a plane, she should have given her the window seat.

But now the plane is landing.

Li Yun moved closer to her again, "Sister Xu, isn't she beautiful?"

"Yes, it's beautiful."

With a wave of vibration, the plane landed at the airport, but after landing it was not as bright as in the sky.

The two got off the plane. It was a bit cold outside, but luckily they were wearing long coats.

After leaving the airport, the two took a taxi directly to Donghua Town, and the journey was expected to take a little over two hours.

Li Yun was still very excited, and Xu Zhiyi advised her: "Get some sleep, otherwise you won't have the energy to play when you get there."

"Sister Xu, let me tell you something else. This is actually my first official trip, and I'm a little excited. I can't sleep at all."

Xu Zhiyi was helpless, she could see it.

"You've never been out before?"

Li Yun grinned. "When I was in college, I went on a budget trip to Beijing with a few roommates. The five of us slept in a youth hostel. Two of my roommates and I shared a 1.5-meter-wide bed. There was heating in the middle of winter, but it was so hot and cramped that I woke up in the middle of the night thinking I was sleeping in the crater of a volcano."

"I spent three days in Beijing, including food, accommodation, and transportation, on less than 500 yuan, and it was completely uninspiring. Back then, with a student ID, tickets were half-price. A day at the Summer Palace cost ten yuan for a head of boiled corn..."

Li Yun still smiled happily when he recalled that backpacking trip. Xu Zhiyi held his forehead with his hands, feeling so sad. No wonder he was so happy this time.

"It's better to have a job. When I go out to play, I can take a plane or a taxi. It's not like when I was young, I had to go to the Summer Palace, the Forbidden City, and climb the Badaling Great Wall."

Is this guy a Big?

So energetic?

Xu Zhiyi felt like yawning, but Li Yun was in high spirits and kept talking all the way.

The driver was just driving quietly at first, but later he couldn't help but say, "Little girl, you are really able to endure hardships."

Li Yun waved his hand. "That's not called suffering. If you go out to play, you must have a good time. Otherwise, wouldn't the money be wasted?"

Driver: "Are you coming back to pay respect to your ancestors or to visit relatives?"

"I'm here for tourism and fun."

"What is there to do in Donghua Town? Did you get scammed? I was born and raised in Tongshi, and I've never heard of any tourist attractions in Donghua Town." The driver was confused. He looked at the two girls in the rearview mirror and they didn't seem to be lying.

Li Yun smiled and said, "It's because other attractions are too popular, and even if we go there, we'll just see the crowds, so we went to Donghua Town."

"What are you playing?"

"Mountain climbing, picking, camping, boating, mainly to relax the body and mind~" The suitcase that Li Yun brought contained a full set of camping equipment.

Just bought it not long ago.

"Donghua Town does have mountains and water, and the scenery is nice. It's not a popular tourist destination, but it's a good place for a leisure vacation. I have a distant relative in Donghua Town. Where did you go? If it's good, I'll take my family there."

When getting off the car, Li Yun showed the driver where he was going. The driver was amazed: "There is such a peaceful place in Donghua Town?"

The two then added each other's contact information, and Li Yun sent him the village and Xia Xia's video account.

"You can pick fruits on the mountain in summer, and you can bring your children to experience it!"

Li Yun spared no effort to recommend Xia Xia to the driver, praising Xia Xia to the highest praise.

Xu Zhiyi was at a loss whether to laugh or cry. This guy was really a crazy fan of Xia Xia.

The driver dropped them off at the intersection of Donghua Town. The streets here were no different from those in other Chinese towns. There were no tall buildings and no traffic. It just happened to be a market day, so the streets were bustling with people coming and going.

Li Yun took a deep breath and smiled brightly: "It feels like I'm back home. Sister Xu, let's find a hotel first, have some breakfast, and then go to Xia Xia's place!"